Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Interest Rates
Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of her Department or that receive funding from her Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in 2021 in each of the preceding years in which such charges were applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29211/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Below in tabular format are the state agencies under the responsibility of my Department, together with the amount of negative interest charged since negative interest rates were introduced to the end of 2021:
Agency | Amount |
---|---|
Citizens Information Board | €15,097 |
Pensions Authority | €66,368 |
Total | €81,465 |
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